Incentive Pay. In Los Angeles a restaurant hung a sign in its window: "Waitress Wanted: Good Wages--Free Meals--Free Bobby Pins!"

Slow Burn. In London, a taxi-driver got a divorce after testifying that he had come home and found his wife with another man--in 1901.

Reward Later. On a Boston-to-Philadelphia train, Bostonian Charles J. O'Malley found a wallet containing $1,000, returned it to its owner, was promised free service by a grateful undertaker.

Appetizer. In Los Angeles, Ponciano Pena slipped through a 13th floor jail window, was balancing on the tenth-floor ledge when he was lured in by a jailer, who remarked that dinner was served.

All Clear. In Rye, England, the town fathers failed to appoint a successor to the late Chummy Barton, last official Watcher for Napoleon's cross-Channel invasion of England.

Main Bout. In Toronto, a court prepared to hear the divorce case of Wedlock v. Wedlock.

Misenhimer. In Fort Smith, Ark., at an auction where liquor went with purchases of war bonds. Prohibitionist R. F. Misenhimer applied his belief that an empty bottle is better than a full one, poured out a quart of Old Taylor, sold the dead man for $100. A few minutes later a full quart brought $4,000.

Family of Six. In Richmond, Va., State Selective Service authorities frowned on a showman's dependency claim. It included his wife, two children, three chimpanzees.

Tarawa Boom-De-Ay. From Brooklyn, N.Y., a radio program publicizing the Marine Corps received an appreciative letter: "I have used the product advertised on your program for years and have been highly satisfied with the results. Keep up the good work."

Giddyap. In Washington, WPB ordered manufacturers to step up the production of horse collars.

International Language. In St. Louis, International Institute employe Irma Wagner translated for a puzzled young lady a "native" phrase from her boy friend in Hawaii: "evol dna sessik."

Sugar Daddy. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, $10-a-week alimony payer Frank Mosley assembled 1,000 pennies in a bucket of molasses, dug them out again after a visit to the district court.

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